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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Tuning
Intermezzo
Ricercar
2. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Relative pitch
Opus
Partial
Sequence
3. A short light musical drama.
Tablature
Development
Operetta
Cadenza
4. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Libretto
Tonality
Modes
Obbligato
5. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Tritone
Libretto
Flat
Cadence
6. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Notation
Chord
Key
Partial
7. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Polytonality
Vivace
Orchestra
Key signature
8. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Pastoral
Quadrille
Chamber music
Elegy
9. The unit of musical rhythm.
Beat
Sonata form
Clavier
Triple time
10. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Tritone
Temperament
Interval
Tone less
11. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
String Quartet
Glee
Trill
Falsetto
12. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Neoclassical
Development
Symphony
Reed
13. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Medley
Whole note
Flat
Vivace
14. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Trio
Trill
Instrumentation
Dissonance
15. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Chord progression
Form
Piano
Interlude
16. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Quartet
Whole note
Ensemble
Cantata
17. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Chorale
Reed
Relative major and minor
Requiem
18. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Introduction
Dynamics
Octave
Chord progression
19. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Octave
Atonal
Waltz
String Quartet
20. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Espressivo
Grandioso
Relative major and minor
Mezzo
21. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Opera
Development
Temperament
22. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Measure
Leitmotif
Musicology
Capriccio
23. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Partita
Renaissance
Fugue
Libretto
24. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Allegro
Rigaudon
Relative major and minor
Pentatonic Scale
25. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Chorus
Monotone
Rigaudon
Natural
26. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Grandioso
Unison
Tone less
Canon
27. Pertains to tone or tones.
Canon
Quadrille
A cappella
Tonal
28. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Drone
Etude
Relative pitch
Tritone
29. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Madrigal
Chromatic scale
Musette
Presto
30. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Rigaudon
Root
Gregorian Chant
Staff
31. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Progression
Chord progression
Phrase
32. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Key
Clef
Musette
Tonic
33. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Classicism
Canon
Portamento
Twelve-tone music
34. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Orchestra
Klangfarbenmelodie
Resonance
Libretto
35. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Elegy
Clef
Medley
36. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Slide
Measure
Grazioso
37. Indicating speed.
Octave
Leitmotif
Tempo
Exposition
38. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Tessitura
Energico
Recitative
Pastoral
39. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Ligature
Timbre
Fourth
Introduction
40. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Fourth
Gregorian Chant
Homophony
Cantata
41. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Tritone
EnharmonicInterval
Counterpoint
Tempo
42. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Recitative
Septet
Tonality
Glee
43. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Chord
Register
Canon
Rubato
44. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Stretto
Sonatina
Symphony
45. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Soprano
Espressivo
Quintet
Recitative
46. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Serenade
Romantic
March
Relative major and minor
47. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Classical
Cadenza
Tone less
Orchestration
48. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Chromatic scale
Renaissance
Sonata
Octave
49. Closing section of a movement.
Instrumentation
Cadence
Sonatina
Coda
50. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Concerto
Prelude
Verismo
Musicology